Most Frequently Cited 1970-2010 23 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 18 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 16 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 15 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski 15 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 15 Moby Dick by Herman Melville 13 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 13 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 12 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 12 King Lear by William Shakespeare *DRAMA 11 Billy Budd by Herman Melville 11 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 11 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 10 The Awakening by Kate Chopin 10 Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko 10 Light in August by William Faulkner 10 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zorah Neale Hurston 9 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 9 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 8 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 8 Antigone by Sophocles 8 Beloved by Toni Morrison 8 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya 8 Candide by Voltaire 8 The Color Purple by Alice Walker 8 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams *DRAMA 8 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 8 Native Son by Richard Wright 8 Othello by William Shakespeare *DRAMA 8 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 7 The Crucible by Arthur Miller *DRAMA 7 Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton 7 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller *DRAMA 7 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 7 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad 7 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 7 A Passage to India by E. M. Forster 7 A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry *DRAMA 7 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard 7 Sula by Toni Morrison 7 Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 6 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 6 All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy 6 A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
23 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
18 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
16 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
15 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski
15 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
15 Moby Dick by Herman Melville
13 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
13 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
12 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
12 King Lear by William Shakespeare *DRAMA
11 Billy Budd by Herman Melville
11 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
11 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
10 The Awakening by Kate Chopin
10 Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
10 Light in August by William Faulkner
10 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
10 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zorah Neale Hurston
9 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
9 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
8 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
8 Antigone by Sophocles
8 Beloved by Toni Morrison
8 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
8 Candide by Voltaire
8 The Color Purple by Alice Walker
8 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams *DRAMA
8 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
8 Native Son by Richard Wright
8 Othello by William Shakespeare *DRAMA
8 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
7 The Crucible by Arthur Miller *DRAMA
7 Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
7 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller *DRAMA
7 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
7 Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
7 Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
7 A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
7 A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry *DRAMA
7 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
7 Sula by Toni Morrison
7 Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
6 All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
6 All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
6 A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen